Death and the Maiden Questions and Answers

"Death and the Maiden"is the title of the Schubert quartet that the doctor played for Paulina while he was torturing her. For her, it represents the beauty in society that was stripped from her by the cruelty of her torturers. Paulina longs to...

"Death and the Maiden"is the title of the Schubert quartet that the doctor played for Paulina while he was torturing her. For her, it represents the beauty in society that was stripped from her by the cruelty of her torturers. Paulina longs to be...

The two perspectives are of the maiden and the sailor. They each view the sea in different ways. The maiden is content to walk the shoreline and gaze at the grandeur of the sea. She prefers to be away from the sea when it is rough and stormy. To...